Private Declare Function AnimateWindow Lib "user32" _
          (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal dwTime As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long) As _
          Boolean
 
 
Const AW_HOR_POSITIVE = &H1 'Animates the window from left to right. This flag 
' can be used with roll or slide animation.
Const AW_HOR_NEGATIVE = &H2 'Animates the window from right to left. This flag 
' can be used with roll or slide animation.
Const AW_VER_POSITIVE = &H4 'Animates the window from top to bottom. This flag 
' can be used with roll or slide animation.
Const AW_VER_NEGATIVE = &H8 'Animates the window from bottom to top. This flag 
' can be used with roll or slide animation.
Const AW_CENTER = &H10 'Makes the window appear to collapse inward if AW_HIDE 
' is used or expand outward if the AW_HIDE is not used.
Const AW_HIDE = &H10000 'Hides the window. By default, the window is shown.
Const AW_ACTIVATE = &H20000 'Activates the window.
Const AW_SLIDE = &H40000 'Uses slide animation. By default, roll animation is 
' used.
Const AW_BLEND = &H80000 'Uses a fade effect. This flag can be used only if 
' hwnd is a top-level window.
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
       AnimateWindow me.Hwnd,1000,AW_BLEND
End Sub